Stove



Feb. 20, 1934. B. B. KAHN 1,947,554

STOVE Filed Aug. 5, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Patented Feb. 20, 1 934 UNITEDSTATES STOVE Bertrand B. Kahn, Cincinnati, Ohio, assignor to The EstateStove Company, Hamilton, Ohio, a

corporation of Ohio Application August 5, 1931. Serial No. 555,201

10 Claims.

This invention relates to stoves.

One of the principal objects of the invention is the provision in astove of a readily movable plate structure of simple constructionserviceable as a cover closure for the cooking top of the stove andmovable therefrom to a position in which the plate structure adds to theutility of the stove.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a plate structurehaving a hinge connection to a stove for service as a closure for thestove cooking top, and movable therefrom to a position in which theplate structure stands as an extension from the stove cooking top.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from thefollowing description, the accompanying drawings and the appendedclaims.

In the drawings, which illustrate preferred embodiments of theinvention- Fig. 1 is a fragmentary view in perspective of a stove havinga closure plate structure constructed in accordance with the presentinvention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in perspective showing the closure platestructure in a collapsed position;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on a plane similar to Fig. 2, and showsthe closure plate structure in its outwardly extending position;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view in perspective showing a somewhat differentarrangement of closure plate structure; and

Figs. 6, '7 and 8 illustrate other forms of the closure plate structure.

The drawings, in which like characters of reference designate like partsthroughout the several views thereof, illustrate a cooking stove whichincorporates a cooking top 10 and an oven structure 11. The cooking topis provided with one or more burners such as shown at 12 having supplypipes 13 for the passage of fuel in controlled amounts regulated bymanipulation of the valve controls 14. The cooking top is defined by arim or frame 16 which is shown formed at 17 to receive and support agrill 18 which serves as a support for cooking vessels placed thereonabove the burners 12. The frame 16 may be built up of sheet metal, or.may be constructed of other suitable material formed to provide adequatesupport for the .grill 18.

A closure plate structure is pivotally attached to the stove so thatduring periods that the stove is out of service the closure platestructure may be moved to a position overlying the cooking top tothereby add to the neatness and the attractive "appearanceof the stoveby covering the grill 18 and burners 12. The closure plate structure isshown attached to the stove by means of a connecting hinge, and ismovable from its position as a closure, to a position in which the platestructure serves to add to the utility of the stove.

As shown particularly in Figs. 1 to 4, the 010- sure plate structure,indicated generally by the numeral 20, comprises three sections of likeshape which, when in position enclosing the cooking top, lie side byside. The sections are joined so that when it is desired to move theclosure plate structure the sections may be moved to a collapsedposition in which they overlie one another, and may then be moved as aunit. The exposed side of the section 21 is shown as having a hingeattachment 22 to the stove frame 16. The sectional member 23 of'theclosure plate structure is connected to the section 21 by provision ofthe hinges 24, while the sectional member 25 is connected to the section23 by provision of the hinges 26. The hinge points 24 and 26 arepositioned so that when the sectional members are moved to a collapsedposition as shown in Fig. 3, the sections will then overlie'one anotheras shown.

In the collapsed position of Fig. 3, the plate structure may be movedabout the axis 27 of the hinge 22 to a position at the side of the stovesuch as shown in Fig. 4 in which the closure plate serves as a shelfcontinuation of the cooking top. The parts comprising the platestructure are preferably so proportioned that when the collapsedstructure is moved to the extended position of Fig. 4 the top surface ofthe plate structure will lie substantially flush with the surface of thecooking top comprising the frame member 16 and the grill 18.

In order to suspend the plate structure in the position of Fig. 4 thesectional members are provided with latch members which are positionedin interfitting relationship on adjacent sections for engagement uponcollapsing the sections. The section 21 has attached to it a button 30which, ,upon movement of the section 23 to collapsed position, isreceived within an opening 31 of section 23 for engagement by the springfingers 32. Section 23 carries a button 34 which is received between thespring fingers 35 of the adjacently positioned section 25. The sectionalmember 25 is provided with a lifting the handle 36 and lifts upwardly,whereupon the sections-23 and 25, moving about the hinge points 24 and26, swing through the position indicated by the dotted outline 40 ofFig. 1 to the collapsed form as shown in Fig. -3 in whichposition thelatch members are interengaged so that the collapsed plate structure maythen be moved about the pivot point 2'7 to the position shown in Fig. 4.

The sectional members are preferably formed of sheet metal and as showneach comprises a flat face 42 bounded by a downturned flange 43. As theunderside of the sectional member 21 is exposed when the collapsed platestructure is moved to the extended position at the side of the stove, anadditional sheet metal member is secured to this section which comprisesa flat face 44 shown as having an upturned flange rim 45 which isreceived within the flange 43of the other portion of that sectionalmember. The flange 45 is proportioned'of such depth that the face 44will lie flush with the terminal edge of the flange 43 so that theunderside of the sectional member 21 when exposed will present a flatsurface. If desired the sectional member 21 may be formed with theflanged members reversed in their proportions so that the flange 45 willthen overlie the flange 43 and the top and flange sides of the exposedunderside of the sectional member 21 will be visible as a continuous andunbroken piece.

The hinge 22 is suitably anchored within the frame 16 as indicated at46, and is also attached to the plate structure as indicated at 47, sothat when the plate structure is removed from the cooking top to serveas a shelf extension as shown, the construction will incorporatesuificient stiffness and rigidity to permit the shelf extension toserve-the same useful purpose that an integrally formed permanent shelfwould provide.

In Fig. 5 an arrangement of closure plate structure is shown having ahinge connection to the stove frame which permits movement of thecollapsed plate structure 20 from the position of closure to a positionat the side of the cooking top in which the sectional members standvertically to serve as a retaining wall or splasher for the cooking top.Such an arrangement of parts is of servieewherethe stove is positionedwith the cooking top end of the stove closely adjacent an obstructionsuch as a side wall of the room thus preventing the use of a shelfextension. By moving the closure plate structureto the position as shownin Fig. 5, the collapsed plate structure then serves as a bafile wall orsplasher for the protection of the room wall or other adjacentlypositioned objects from being splashed by food in preparation on thestove.

Fig. 6 shows an arrangement of closure plate structure which may beextended at the stove side to provide a shelf of considerable servicearea which is bounded by an up-turned end wall or splasher. The closureplate may be of three sections, one or two of which may extendvertically to provide a splash surface while the other or others extendhorizontally, forming a shelf. As shown, the plate section 21' is pro-rvided. with a hinge connection 22' to the stove frame similar inconstruction to the hinge connection shown in Fig. 1, and isinterconnected with the sectional member 23 by provision of a suitablehinge and a bracket 50 which permits the sectional member 23"to stand incontinuation of the section 21. The sectional member 25' is pivotallyconnected to the member 23' and is provided with an interconnectingbracket 51 which permits the section 25' to stand vertically withrespect to the sections 21 and 23'.

In the arrangement of parts shown in Fig. '7 the closure plate structureis formed of two parts so related that the member 55, having a hingeconnection 56 with the stove frame, may stand in extended position as ashelf continuation of the cooking top, and the member 57, throughprovision of a suitable bracket 58, will stand vertically as a retainingwall at the outer end of the shelf portion 55. Upon releasing thebracket 58 the sections 55 and 57 may be extended to overlie the cookingtop for closure thereof.

The arrangement of the closure portions as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, andwhich include a vertically extending end wall, are suitable for use inrestricted areas where there is not sufficient space to permit theentire closure plate to be swung to an extended position at the stoveside in which its entire length may be made use of as a shelf extensionsuch as is shown in Fig. 8. In Fig. 8 a one piece closure 60 is providedwhich is pivotally movable upon the hinge 61 to swing from a positionserving as a closure for the cooking top, to a position at the stoveside where the member 60 stands vertically and serves as a splash plate,or horizontally, as shown, to serve as an extending shelf adjacent thecooking top.

While the forms of apparatus herein described constitute preferredembodiments of the invention, it is to be understood that the inventionis not limited to this precise form of apparatus. and that changes maybe made therein without departing from the scope of the invention whichis defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a stove having a cooking top, a movable closure for said cookingtop comprising a collapsible plate structure comprising interconnectedsections adapted to lie in extended assembly as a cooking top cover, andmeans for pivotally connecting said plate structure to the stovecomprising a hinge for positioning the plate structure over the cookingtop for service as a closure therefor, and for supporting the platestructure as a shelf extension having a width less than the lateralextent of the plate structure as a closure.

2. In a stove having a cooking top, a movable closure for said cookingtop comprising a collapsible plate structure pivotally connected alongone edge thereof to the stove and movable from a position in which theplate structure overlies the cooking top in extended end to end assemblyas a closure therefor to a collapsed position at the stove side as ashelf extension, said plate structure comprising a plurality ofsections. and means pivotally connecting adjacent sections upon axesparallel to the pivotal connection to the plate structure of the stoveand parallel to a side of the stove.

3. In a stove having a cooking top, a movable closure for said cookingtop comprising a plate structure pivotally connected along a side edgethereof to the stove and movable from a position in which the platestructure overlies the cooking top in extended end to end assembly as aclosure therefor, to a position removed from the cooking top, said platestructure comprising a plurality of interconnected sections of likeshape receivable upon one another in collapsed form.

4. In a stove having a cooking top, a movable closure for said cookingtop comprising a plate structure pivotally connected along one edgethereof to the stove and movable from an extended position in l whichthe plate structure overlies the cooking top as a closure therefor, to acollapsed position removed from the cooking top, said plate structurecomprising a plurality of interconnected sections of like shapereceivable upon one another in collapsed form, and means on saidsections for holding said sections in latched engagement in suchcollapsed form as a unit in positions other than the position ofclosure.

5. In a stove having a cooking top, a movable closure for said cookingtop comprising a plate structure pivotally connected along one edgethereof to the stove and movable from an extended position in which theplate structure overlies the cooking top as a closure therefor, to acollapsed position removed from the cooking top, said plate structurecomprising a plurality of interconnected sections of like shapereceivable upon one another in collapsed form, and means on saidsections for holding said sections assema bled in such collapsed form,said means comprising latch members positioned in inferfittingrelationship upon adjacent sections and interengageable upon collapsingthe sections.

6. In a stove having a cooking top, a closure member for said cookingtop comprising a plate structure of sheet metal sections, each of saidsections comprising a flat face having a perpendicularly extendingbounding flange, one of said sections having a reverse face parallelingthe fiat face at the terminal edge of the bounding flange,

, hinge means connecting said sections for collapsing upon one anotherwith a fiat face and the said reverse face exposed on the exterior ofthe collapsed structure, and means pivotally'attaching one of saidsections to the stove for the support of said plate structure in aposition removed from the cooking top.

'7. In a stove having a cooking top, a closure member for said cookingtop comprising a plate structure of sheet metal sections, each of saidsections comprising a flat face having a perpendicularly extendingbounding flange, one of said sections having a reverse face parallelingthe flat face at the terminal edge of the bounding flange, hinge meansconnecting said sections for collapsing upon one another with a fiatface and the said reverse face exposed on the exterior of the collapsedstructure, and means pivotally attaching one of said sections to thestove for the support of said plate structure adjacent the stove withthe reverse face positioned as a shelf continuation of the cooking top.

8. Ina stove having a cooking top, a removable closure thereforcomprising a sectional plate structure of adjacently related plates andadapted when positioned side by side to overlie the cooking top, hingemeans interconnecting adjacent sides of the sectional plates forcollapsing the plate structure to a position in which the sectionsoverlie one another, and means pivotally connecting an exposed side ofthe plate structure to the stove for movement of the plate structurefrom the cooking top to a position at the side of the cooking top.

9. In a stove having a cooking top, a movable closure thereforcomprising a sectional plate structure of adjacently related plates andadapted when positioned side by side to overlie the cooking top, hingemeans interconnecting adjacent sides of the sectional plates forcollapsing the plate structure to a position in which the sectionsoverlie one another, and-means pivotally connecting an exposed side ofthe plate structure to the stove for movement of the plate structurefrom the cooking top to a position in which the plate structure standsextended from the cooking top as a shelf continuation thereof.

10. In a stove having a cooking top, a movable closure thereforcomprising a sectional plate structure of adjacently related platespositioned side by side, hinge means interconnecting adiacent sides ofthe sectional plates for collapsing the plate structure to a position inwhich the sections overlie one another, and means pivotally connectingan exposed side of the plate structure to the stove for movement of theplate structure from the cooking top to a position in which the platestructure stands extended from the cooking top as a shelf continuationthereof, one of said sections standing vertically as a retaining walldefining the lateral extent of the shelf continua- 12 tion.

BERTRAND B. KAHN.

CERTI FICATE OF QORREC'IION.

.Patent No. 1,947,554.

February 20, 1934.

.BER'IIRAND B.. KA nNj It is herebyacertified-that error appears in theprinted specification of the above numbered patent requiring correctionas follows: Page 2, line-143, claim 2, for "to" second occurrencereadof; and line 144, for "of" read to; and that the said Letters Patentshould be read with .these corrections therein that the same may conformto the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 20th day of March, A. D. 1934.

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I". M. Hopkins Acting Commissioner of Patents.

